Welcome to Our School

Your Child’s Second Home

With happy classrooms, loving teachers, and a caring community, Play and Learn Preschool in Westlake is where your child’s first friendships and big milestones blossom.

Play and Learn Preschool is housed within Dover Congregational Church in Westlake.

Our Classrooms

Our classrooms are warm, welcoming spaces where little learners can explore, create, and grow every day. Thoughtfully designed for safety and inspiration, each room invites curiosity and nurtures your child’s natural love of learning.

Bumblebees Classroom

Bumblebees

Our preschool class for ages 2.5 to 3.5 years old

Meets M-W, 9:00am-11:30am

Your child will learn how to:

>Be a Good Friend
>Manage Big Emotions
>Clean Up Toys and Supplies
>Sit Quietly and Engage with Stories
>Take Turns with Classmates
>Trace Uppercase Letters
(including his/her name)
>Use Crayons, Scissors, and Paintbrushes with Control

Your child will learn how to:

  • Be a Good Friend
  • Manage Big Emotions
  • Clean Up Toys and Supplies
  • Sit Quietly and Engage with Stories
  • Take Turns and Cooperate with Classmates
  • Trace Uppercase Letters (including his/her name)
  • Use Crayons, Scissors, and Paintbrushes with Control

Your child will learn how to:

  • Manage Big Emotions
  • Take Turns and Cooperate with Classmates
  • Be a Good Friend
  • Sit Quietly and Engage with Stories
  • Trace Uppercase Letters (including his/her name)
  • Clean Up Toys and Supplies
  • Use Crayons, Scissors, and Paintbrushes with Control
Lightning Bugs Classroom

Lightning Bugs

Our preschool class for ages 3.5 to 4.5 years old

Meets M-W, 9:00am-11:30am (and Thursday optional)

Your child will learn how to:

>Participate in Group Activities
>Expand Vocabulary Through Books
>Recognize Patterns and Sequencing
>Use Words to Communicate Feelings
>Recognize and Write Uppercase Letters
>Write and Count Numbers 1-10+
>Write Their Name (uppercase and lowercase letters)

Your child will learn how to:

  • Participate in Group Activities
  • Expand Vocabulary Through Books
  • Recognize Patterns and Sequencing
  • Use Words to Communicate Feelings
  • Recognize and Write Uppercase Letters
  • Write and Count Numbers 1-10 (and beyond)
  • Write Their Name (uppercase and lowercase letters)

Your child will learn how to:

  • Participate in Group Activities
  • Use Words to Communicate Feelings
  • Expand Vocabulary Through Books
  • Recognize Patterns and Sequencing
  • Write and Count Numbers 1-10 (and beyond)
  • Recognize and Write Uppercase Letters
  • Write Their Name (uppercase and lowercase letters)

Lightning Bugs

Our preschool class for ages 3.5 to 4.5 years old

Meets M-W, 9:00am-11:30am (and Thursday optional)

Your child will learn how to:

  • Participate in Group Activities
  • Use Words to Communicate Feelings
  • Expand Vocabulary Through Books
  • Recognize Patterns and Sequencing
  • Write and Count Numbers 1-10 (and beyond)
  • Recognize and Write Uppercase Letters
  • Write Their Name (uppercase and lowercase letters)
Lightning Bugs Classroom
Dragonflies Classroom

Dragonflies

Our pre-K class for ages 4.5 to 5+ years old

Meets M-Th, 9:00am-11:30am (and Friday optional for Kindergarten Prep Class)

Your child will learn how to:

>Count 1-100
>Speak Basic French Words
>Solve Basic Addition and Subtraction
>Identify Beginning Sounds and Rhyming
>Write Words with Correct Letter Formation
>Recognize All Letters (uppercase and lowercase)

Your child will learn how to:

  • Count 1-100
  • Speak Basic French Words
  • Solve Basic Addition and Subtraction
  • Identify Beginning Sounds and Rhyming
  • Write Words with Correct Letter Formation
  • Recognize All Letters (uppercase and lowercase)

Your child will learn how to:

  • Recognize All Letters (uppercase and lowercase)
  • Write Words with Correct Letter Formation
  • Identify Beginning Sounds and Rhyming
  • Speak Basic French Words
  • Count 1-100
  • Solve Basic Addition and Subtraction
The Bike Room at Play and Learn Preschool in Westlake

The “Bike Room”

For Everyone!

The “Bike Room” is our dedicated indoor space for active play. Here, we get the wiggles out, stretch our little one’s muscles, and develop gross motor skills. It also serves as an important environment for teaching your child teamwork, sharing, and empathy for fellow students, while gaining confidence in their growing bodies.

The “Bike Room”

For Everyone!

The “Bike Room” is our dedicated indoor space for active play. Here, we get the wiggles out, stretch our little one’s muscles, and develop gross motor skills. It also serves as an important environment for teaching your child teamwork, sharing, and empathy for fellow students, while gaining confidence in their growing bodies.
The Bike Room at Play and Learn Preschool in Westlake

Our Teachers

Our staff creates a safe, loving environment where your little one feels valued, encouraged, and excited to learn. With low student-teacher ratios (6:1 to 8:1), our teachers turn everyday moments into meaningful opportunities for each student to discover and enjoy.

Many of our teachers are also moms who understand not only the needs of your child, but also your needs as a parent in the way only a mom can.

Our teachers create loving environments, inside and outside.
Our teachers are also moms who understand the needs of children and parents.
Play and Learn Preschool in Westlake maintains low student-teacher ratios to ensure every student is seen, heard, and loved.

Our Curriculum

Our learning path covers everything (and more!) that your child will need to excel in kindergarten. Focus areas include:

Our students learn language arts.

Language Arts

Our pre-K students learn basic addition and subtraction.

Math

Our students learn about the world around them through science.

Science

Play and Learn students learn how to be healthy and safe from local police officers.

Health and Safety

Our students learn how to control their bodies through physical activity.

Gross Motor Skills

Our students learn how to take turns, follow instructions, and express good manners.

Good Manners

Play and Learn Preschool is housed within Dover Congregational Church in Westlake.

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